Can carton



S p 17, 1957 A. "G. IRWIN 2,806,630

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BY I Ween/5V5 A. G. IRWIN Sept. 17, 1957 CAN CARTON 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Filed Aug. 22, 1955 Aer/m2 a-zezw/v INVENTOR.

Arman aw nited States Patent CAN CARTON Arthur G. Irwin, Berkeley,Calif., asslgnor to Paperbox Corporation, Oakland, Calif., a corporationof California This application relates to a carton for carrying cans,bottles and the like.

Prior cartons of this type have been used. However, the prior cartonshave all consisted of several pieces which must be glued or pastedtogether, or of a single blank which is provided with overlapping tabswhich must be glued to other sections of the blank to complete thecarton.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide a carton forcarrying cans, bottles or the like wherein the carton is stamped out inone operation with certain portions being die-cut and other portionsscored for folding, and wherein the blank may subsequently be folded onthe scored lines to form a carrying carton without requiring any gluingor pasting.

A preferred form of the invention is described in the following detailedspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the carton in its assembled relationready to receive cans or bottles.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank used for forming the carton prior tothe folding thereof.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing one side only of the blank folded.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the completed carton.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein the same reference numerals areused to denote the same elements throughout the various views shown,generally indicates the blank used in forming the carton. The blank 10comprises a center rectangular section 11. Two side sections 12 and 13are joined to the center section 11 by two scored folding lines 14 and15. Two bottom sections 16 and 17 are joined to the outer ends of theside sections 12 and 13, respectively, by two scored folding lines 18and 19. The side sections 12 and 13 and the bottom sections 16 and 17are all of the same Width and are approximately one-half the width ofthe center section 11.

Two central partition members 20 and 21 are joined to the outer edge ofthe bottom sections 16 and 17, respec tively, along scored folding lines22 and 23. The central partition members 20 and 21 are approximatelytwice as wide as the side and bottom sections. The partition members arethe same length as the bottom and side sections for a widthapproximately the same as said side and bottom sections and are then cutinwardly as indicated at 24 and 25, respectively, and are of shorterlength from this point outwardly.

A die-cut line 26 bisects the center section 11 but does not extend allthe way to either end of said section. Two U-shaped die-cut lines 27 and28 are made with the central portion of each extending parallel to butspaced inwardly from the side edges of the central section 11, and

joined to each end of die-cut line 26. The legs of said U-shaped cutslie on the folding lines 14 and 15 with the open ends of said Uextending inwardly in the manner shown in Fig. 2. Two scored foldinglines 29 and 30 join the open end of the U-shaped die-cuts to form fourintermediate partitions 31, 32, 33 and 34. The partitions 31 and 33 arejoined to a section 35 between the open ends of the die-cuts 27 and 28by the folding lines 29 and 30, and the section 35 remains joined to theside section 12 by the portion of the folding line 14 between the openends of the die-cuts 27 and 28. Similarly, the intermediate partitions32 and 34 are joined to a section 36 along the folding lines 29 and 30,and the section 36 remains joined to the side section 13 by the portionof the folding line 15 between the open ends of the die-cuts 27 and 28.

An outwardly facing U-shaped die-cut 37 is formed in the centralpartition section 20 adjacent the outermost edge thereof. The outer endsof said die-cut 37 are joined by a scored folding line 38, thus forminga tab 39 adapted to be folded along the folding line 38 to provide afinger opening in the central partition section 20. Similarly, anoutwardly facing U-shaped die-cut 40 is formed in the central partitionsection 21 and the outer ends thereof joined by a fol-ding line 41forming a push-out tab 42.

In the assembly of the blank to form a carrying carton, the side section12 is first folded downwardly relative to the central section 11 alongthe folding line 14. The bottom section 16 is then folded inwardlyrelative to the side sections 12 along the fol-ding line 18. The centralpartition 20 is then folded upwardly relative to the bottom section 16along the folding line 22 and the upper end of the partition 20 insertedthrough the die-cut 26 until the shoulders 24 rest against the undersideof the uncut portion of the central section 11. The section 35 is thenfolded downwardly along the folding line 14 until it is adjacent theinner surface of the side section 12. The intermediate partitions 31 and33 are then folded inwardly along the folding lines 29 and 30 until theyextend perpendicularly to the side section 12 and the central partition20. When the above described operations have been completed, the cartonwill be in the condition illustrated in Fig. 3. The same operations arethen performed on the other end of the blank 10 to complete the cartonin the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4. As will be observed in Fig.4, the intermediate partitions 31, 33 and 32, 34 extend from theiradjacent side panels inwardly into engagement with the centralpartitions 20 and 21, thereby holding the central partitions together inan erect position.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, itis to be understood that various changes may be made in its constructionby those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of theinvention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described by invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

A cart-on for carrying cans, bottles, or the like comprising a unitarystructure having side sections connected together solely by narrowstrips located at the outer extremities of their upper edges, bottomsections extending inwardly toward each other from the lower edges ofsaid side sections, central partitions extending upwardly from themeeting edges of said bottom sections in contiguous relation with eachother between the strips connecting the upper edges of said sidesections, the upper portions of said central partitions 'being notchedinwardly to provide upwardly facing shoulders adjacent the underside ofsaid connecting strips, the sections of material defined by the upperedges of said side sections and the inner edges of said strips and thecentral partitions being folded downwardly to form two flaps oneadjacent the inner surface of each of said side sections, each of saidflaps having a Width substantially equal to the inwardly extendingdimension of one of said bottom sections, the ends of each of said flapsbeing severed from its associated side section along a dimensionsubstantially equal to the inwardly extending dimen- 10 sion of one ofsaid bottom sections and bent inwardiy at right angles thereto intoengagement with said central partitions to form intermediate partitionsbetween cans,

and registering die-cut flaps one adjacent the upper edge of each ofsaid central partitions adapted to be pushed out and folded upwardly toprovide finger openings for carrying said carton.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,375,056 Wesselman May 1, 1945 2,402,219 Wesselman June 18, 19462,527,025 Morgan Oct. 24, 1950 2,701,661 Murray Feb. 8, 1955 2,717,097Arneson Sept. 6, 1955

